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                  <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Collection Name: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Sivert N. Hagen papers, 1872-1966&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Collection Number: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;P0122&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Extent:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Biography/History: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Sivert Hagen was born in Mylan, Minnesota to Niles K. and Kari Einerson Hagen. He married Nertha Marie Borge Hagen. He was principal of Bruflat Academy, Portland, North Dakota, 1892-1893.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;He graduated from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa in 1896 and received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1900. In 1900, he became an instructor in English at the State University of Iowa, where he remained until 1905 when he joined Vanderbilt University. Dr. Hagen taught at Gettysburg College from 1916 to 1924 and then joined Franklin and Marshall College as an English professor. He retired in 1944. Hagen studied the Kensington rune stone found near Kensington, Minnesota. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scope and Content: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;The collection includes various articles, clippings, and correspondence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Access Rights:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;This collection is open to research.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bibliographic Citation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;[Indicate the cited item here]. Sivert N, Hagen Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Box&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Folder&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Description&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Biographical notes, 1966 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;"A Philologist and professor of English…'He studied the Kensington rune stone [Alexandria, MN], long thought to be a fraud, and concluded it actually was the work of a Scandinavian expedition which explored this country in 1362.'"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Articles, clippings, letter, 1924-1966 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;"The Origin and Meaning of the Name Yggdrasill," by S.N. Hagen (1903). "The Kensington Runic Inscription," by S.N. Hagen (1950)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Miscellaneous, 1892-1903&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Printed material from The Albert Teachers' Agency, Chicago; Program for Luther College Musical Union (June 16th, 1896); program and recitals for the graduating class of the Willmar Seminary (1892-94); business card for Martin E. Remmen, attorney-at-law, Valley City, N.D.;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Letters, 1890-1894&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Includes several letters from H.S. Hilleboe, Willmar Seminary, Willmar, MN (1892); W. Merrifield, Pres. Of Univ. of North Dakota (1892); and N.J. Hong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Letters to his parents (in Norwegian), 1893-1900&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Letters to his brother (in English), 1893-1900&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Minnesota High School Board - Certificates. [Willmar Seminary, Willmar,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;MN] Report cards, 1891-1892&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Letters of his brothers and sisters, 1897-1903&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Graduation program for the Univ. of MN School of Agriculture (1897). [1/2 letters in Norwegian]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Notebooks. [Assume for Willmar Seminary, Willmar, MN], 1893-1895&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Bruflat Academy letters, 1892-1893&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Letter from H.E. Ulsaker. A petition from the students to have a room open one evening, 20 plus signatures.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Miscellaneous letters received, 1892-1893&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Letter from H.W. Scheel, Luther College; Regina Hilleboe; Rev. O.E. Jolseth, Rev. Carl Doving and his impressions of Washington, D.C.; G.H. Gerberding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;1&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Letters from Peer Strømme and N.J. Hong, 1896-1947&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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              <text>Hagen, Norman (nephew, Milan, MN., 1970), George T. Hagen (1974), and Olaf E. Hagen (1966)</text>
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              <text>[Indicate the cited item here]. Sivert N, Hagen Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.</text>
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              <text>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Biography/History: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;Sivert Hagen was born in Mylan, Minnesota to Niles K. and Kari Einerson Hagen. He married Nertha Marie Borge Hagen. He was principal of Bruflat Academy, Portland, North Dakota, 1892-1893.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:400;"&gt;He graduated from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa in 1896 and received his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1900. In 1900, he became an instructor in English at the State University of Iowa, where he remained until 1905 when he joined Vanderbilt University. Dr. Hagen taught at Gettysburg College from 1916 to 1924 and then joined Franklin and Marshall College as an English professor. He retired in 1944. Hagen studied the Kensington rune stone found near Kensington, Minnesota. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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